Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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19 September 2020
19 September 2020 Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time On this date in 1972, the Swiss Parliament voted to repeal a law that had ...
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18 September 2020
18 September 2020 Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time The extent of St. Paul’s commitment to our gospel is clear from his line: ...
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17 September 2020
17 September 2020 Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St. Robert Bellarmine died on this date in 1621 at 78 ...
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16 September 2020
16 September 2020 Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs “At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then ...
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15 September 2020
15 September 2020 Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). With this teaching ...
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14 September 2020
14 September 2020 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross On this date, for a millennium and a half, Roman Catholics have celebrated the ...
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13 September 2020
13 September 2020 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time There is a book in the Old Testament known as Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus. If the Devil ...
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11 July 2020
11 July 2020 Memorial of Saint Benedict, Abbot Yesterday’s reflection on this blog was an encouragement to use words in prayer, such as the ...
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10 July 2020
10 July 2020 Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time There is “a time to be silent and a time to speak” (Ecclesiastes 3:7). In the ...
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9 July 2020
9 July 2020 Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time The eleventh chapter of Hosea has a reminder, a threat and a promise. This is the ...
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